Improvement in vehicle shaft-holders



UNITED STATES PATENT QEEIcE.

WILLIAM H. FROMAN AND JOHN A. FROMAN, 0F ELIZABETHTOWN, KY.

IMPROVEMNT IN' VEHICLE SHAFT-HOLDERS.l

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 196,888, dated November6, i877 g application filed August 13, 187.7. l

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, WILLIAM' H. FRO- MAN andJOHN A. FROM/IN, of Elizabethtown, in the county of Hardin and State ofKentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inShaft-Holders for Vehicles; and we do hereby declare that the followingis a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and uselthesame, reference bein gv had to the accompanying drawings, which form apart of this specification, and in which- Figure lis a perspective view,showing the application of our invention. Fig. 2 is a top plan of theshaft-holder detached, and Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section.

-Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all thefigures.

Our invention relates to devices for holding up the shafts of buggiesand other vehicles when not in use, or when the horse is detached; andit consists in the construction and arrangement of a holder which shallalways, of itself, occupy a position ready for hooking, so as not torequire previous adjustment, substantially as hereinafter more fullydescribed, and pointed out in the claim.

In the drawing, A is a socket-piece, made of malleable iron, into whichfits the shank B of a hook, B. Shank B has a series of depressions orperforations, (denoted by 1),) and holes f f, by which it may be securedto the under side of the cross-bar D by the aid of screws. A rubberwasher, g, is inserted on the pin next to the bearing, to preventratvtlingVv of the hinge when the vehicle is in m0- vThe use of thisdevice will be readily understood by reference to Fig; 1. The hinge Gisscrewed to`the under side ofthe crossbar. D between the shafts E E, withthe hook B pointing downward and against the vehicle. When the horse`has-been detached,

the shafts are liftedup until-hook B takes" with the front spring-bar F,in which position the hook will keep the shafts in their elevated orraised position, as shown on the drawing.

It will be observed that by this construction of the socket-piece' Awith its hinge C, `l

the hook will, when the device is secured upon the cross-piece, projectstraight out, capable of being raised up, so as to take with thespring-bar, but not of falling down, so that it will always be readyforcoupling..

'Having thus described our invention, we claim and desire tov secure byLetters Patent In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own wehave hereto affixed our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM HENRY FROMAN. JOHN ALEXANDER FROMAN.

Witnesses:

O. DAVIS, 'I NYON WRIGHT. Y

